Professional Development

The Cost of High-Quality Professional Development for Teachers in England

A policy of providing teachers with an entitlement to 35 hours of high-quality continuing professional development (CPD) a year has been shown to bring significant returns in the way of pupil attainment and earnings, and may tackle retention problems in the teaching profession.

• 20 Jul

Professional Development in Pandemic Times

Graham Handscomb suggests that the pandemic crisis has highlighted the need for more professional development rather than less, particularly for those working with the most disadvantaged students

• 2 May

Research In Schools – Are You Serious!

The prospect of schools using and doing research as a fundamental part of their outlook, purpose and practice has been long heralded … but achingly slow in its realisation.

• 14 Feb

The Effects Of High-Quality Professional Development On Teachers And Students

• 2 Apr

Preparing For Literacy: Improving Communication, Language And Literacy In The Early Years

This guidance report from the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) reviews the best available research to offer early years professionals practical “do’s and don’ts” to make sure all children start school with the foundations they need to read and write well.

• 9 Jul

How Do Shortages Of Maths Teachers Affect The Within-School Allocation Of Maths Teachers To Pupils?

Secondary school pupils in the most disadvantaged schools are being hit hardest by England’s maths teacher shortages, according to this report from the Nuffield Foundation.

• 2 Jul